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Obama lacking strategy on Mideast Israeli sins notwithstanding, President Obama doesn't appear to have much of a strategy for Israeli-Palestinian peace, Thomas Friedman and Maureen Dowd write in The New York Times.

The end of Jewish day care in Quebec? Quebec is cracking down on religious instruction in government-subsidized day care, Canada's Jewish Tribune reports.

The Simpsons do Israel (Haaretz) The Israeli daily has an advance look at the television sitcom family's trip to the Holy Land, scheduled to air in the United States on March 28.

Census time (Jerusalem Post) Despite a multiplicity of ethnic choices on the 2010 U.S. census form, guess which two groups were left out? Breaking News Iran's threatening posture in the Middle East could be undercut by a credible Israeli-Arab peace process, the U.S. military's central commander said. Two political parties with anti-Semitic elements fared well in Russian regional elections. Two Democrats with solidly pro-Israel records are blaming Israel for the mounting U.S.-Israeli tensions, while others are pointing a finger at the Obama administration. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has shown that it is committed to peace after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton affirmed the "unshakable bond" between the two countries. Israel's U.S. ambassador and the White House denied remarks that have fueled the current Israel-U.S. tensions. Israel lifted its closure on the West Bank and allowed visitors to the Temple Mount. Pro-Israel U.S. Christians are e-mailing the White House every several seconds urging President Obama to "end the crisis" with Israel. An American citizen of Pakistani origin reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to charges against him in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. Opinion polls in Holland show that a majority of voters favor the Jewish former mayor of Amsterdam for prime minister. "Delicate issues" including the role of Pope Pius XII in World War II are at the heart of talks in Rome between an international Jewish delegation and senior Vatican officials. Actor Corey Haim was buried in a private Jewish ceremony in Toronto attended by about 200 relatives and close friends. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's youngest son won Israel's National Bible Contest. Brazil's president laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat's grave after refusing to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will serve a second five-year term. Four well-known Jews received Hungarian state awards. An Israeli journalist who tried to infiltrate the Egyptian border with illegal migrants was arrested and may be tried in a military court. Australia’s “longstanding and enduring” bilateral relations with Israel will continue, despite the diplomatic standoff over the alleged fraud of Australian passports, its foreign minister said.